YEAR HERE: AN ALTERNATIVE GAP YEAR - By Zahra Davidson, Year Here
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Transcript of YEAR HERE: AN ALTERNATIVE GAP YEAR - By Zahra Davidson, Year Here
TheYou should have asked us ages ago.
1. Gap Yah
2. Opportunity not need
3. Cowrote growing social ventures report
Internal ideas competition at YF, Ideas for London competition
Secured initial Nesta funding, then funding from Unltd
Clore fellow, salary paid for a year.
A world where the energy and entrepreneurial abilities of talented people are harnessed to solve important social problems in Britain.
LEADING EFFECTIVE SOCIALCHANGE IS DIFFICULT.
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SOCIAL INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAN BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
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THE FIELD OF SOCIAL INNOVATION REQUIRES MORE TALENT TO
MEET ITS AMBITIOUS GOALS.
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LOTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE A CAREER WITH PURPOSE BUT THEY ALSO WANT OPPORTUNITIES TO
LEARN, PRESTIGE & RECOGNITION.
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CONSTRUCTIVE GAP YEARS CAN HAVE A CRITICAL ROLE IN SHAPING
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIFE CHOICES.
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THE UK FACES COMPLEX AND INTRACTABLE SOCIAL ISSUES.
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To nurture and unleash a new generation of young British people who are !red up about solving social problems, and equipped with the mindset, skills, insight and network to turn their passions into real social change.
HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR?
KEY CHALLENGES & BARRIERS
Assumptions Educational conditions
Visibility
Impact measurement
Over-programming
KEY OPPORTUNITIES / ENABLERS
Masters space Social ambiion niche
Channel energy Gap Years
HOW DOES YH ENGAGE IN DESIGN LEAD SOCIAL
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY?
DESIGN
IMPACT MEASUREMENT
“intense, incredible, eye opening, confidence building, identity affirming.”
“I’ve reevaluated my identity – maybe more than in my years at university.”
“Tough (at times I have definitely felt like I wanted to quit) but also transformative and life-changing (Never have I had such a self-searching experience, I will always be grateful to Year Here)”
Go and live off-grid utopian communities Work within the system to
challenge it and change it.
I wanted to get experience of all the different ways of making a difference. I wanted to learn by doing.
It has changed my focus towards understanding problems first.Starting up on my own seems a lot more achievable now.
1. PEOPLE1. WE ARE ABOUT PEOPLE,
EMPATHY AND FIRST HAND INSIGHT
2. DESIGN PROCESS
3. DESIGN THINKING
4. PATHWAYS
THE EXCELLERATORWe help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places in top art and design universities.
THE EXCELLERATORWe help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places in top art and design universities.
5. DESIGNINGEDUCATION
6. US
1. EMBED DESIGN2. EDUCATION DESIGN3. DESIGN EDUCATION4. PEOPLE FIRST
LETS CHAT!
